Cigarette case



April 12, 1949. N. E. OLIN 48 CIGARETTE CASE Filed April 27, 1948 I 1 I i M I l IN V EN TOR. NORM/"v5. 01. IN

Patented Apr. 12, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application April 27, 1948, Serial No. 23,598

4 Claims. (01. 31247) This invention relates to new and original improvements in cigarette cases or holders, and has for its purpose to provide a transparent article, preferably made from plastic, which will clearly display the cigarettes placed in said holder, and which will provide for an automatic expelling of such cigarettes without touching the latter.

The device is preferably made as an upright holder or casing, and may thus, due to its unique construction and according to the material it is made from, provide a beautiful adornment, when placed upon a table or pedestal.

Furthermore, said holder may be provided with special embellishing features, such as an artistically formed border around its outer edges, or the edges of an expelling frame forming part of the device.

With the above and. other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which- Figure 1 is a somewhat perspective elevation of my device.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of my device shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing a slight modification in the construction of my device.

Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section of my device shown in Figure 4; while Figure 6 is a transverse section taken on the line 66 in Figure 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numerals l0, l indicate two spaced upright parallel walls integral with a base II, the numeral l2 indicates a rectangular frame vertically slidable between the walls I0, Ill.

The sides l3, l3 of the frame l2 are of a substantially cylindrical shape and are thicker in cross section than the space between said walls, although a small curved portion [5, l upon the inner side, of each of said cylindrical frame members extends a small distance in between the walls l0, [0 as shown especially in Figure 3, whereby the frame l2 is guided in an up or downward movement relative to the holder proper. The frame l2 has a top portion [4, which may be of the same shape and thickness as the side frame members l3, l3. At the bottom the frame members l3, l3 are connected by a preferably flat, crosswise arranged member l6, which snugly but slidably fits within the walls l0, l0, and is adapted by manipulation of the frame l2 to move up and down within said walls and at the same time carry a cigarette ll, of which a number may be placed between said walls, to the top of the latter, whereupon the uppermost cigarette, when the top member 14, as part of the frame i2, is lifted upward, sufficiently, will automatically be disposed in one of the curvatures 20, 20 in the top of each side of said walls I0, Ill.

The device, as shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6, is identical in construction to the one hereinbefore described, with the exception that the walls Ill, ID are near their outer side edges provided with vertical, slight curvatures I8, l8 shown in Figure 6 in which the center portions of the cylindrically shaped side frame members l3, [3 may slide; a small portion of the sides of said frame members extending outside the walls, as shown at 19.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a device of the class described, a base, two spaced, upright parallel walls integral with the latter, a rectangular frame vertically slidable relative to said walls and forming an enclosure with the latter, a crosswise member forming the bottom of said frame and being slidable vertically between the walls, and a longitudinally curved recess at the top of each wall, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, a base, two spaced upright parallel walls integral with the latter, a rectangular frame vertically slidable between the edges of said walls, and forming a closure with the latter adapted to receive cigarettes therein, the side members of said frame being of greater cross-sectional width than the distance between the walls, and a crosswise member at the lower end of the frame adapted to slide between said walls, whereby to engage and expel a cigarette, when the frame is moved in an upright direction.

3. A cigarette holder comprising a base, two spaced, upright parallel walls integral with the latter, a rectangular frame, the side members lar frame adapted to form a compartment with said walls, the side members of said frame being adapted to slide in said recesses, a crosswise member at the bottom of said frame adapted to slide within said walls, the latter being formed with curved depressions at the top thereof, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

NORMAN E. OLIN.

No references cited. 

